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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by klodolph on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:27PM (#11739718)
The article's problem with "uncertain" is that it has connotations of some intelligence comprehending the observed value. When I say, "velocity is uncertain" it seems to mean something like "I am uncertain what the velocity is", but when I say that "velocity is undefined" or "velocity is fuzzy" then it is more clear that I am talking about the velocity itself.

I think "uncertain" is fine. Of course, the particular words are not really that important if you just tell people to read the definitions and equations used in the theory.

Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by dnautics on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:30PM (#11739753)
"undefined" has a very specific scientific and mathematical meaning that would place it at risk of being very, very wrong if conflated.
Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by klodolph on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:36PM (#11739801)
"Uncertain" also has a meaning outside the uncertainty principle. When we say that a measurement has uncertainty, we usually mean that it has some fixed value, but our tools are not capable of measuring it beyond some limit.

Almost all terms in mathematics and science are overloaded in ways like that. For example, what is the "basis" for a mathematical space?

Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by dnautics on Friday May 20, 2016 @06:03PM (#11741879)
Good point. Uncertainty colloquially does admit the possibility of "no true value" embarrassingly as a scientist, I forgot the stat definition.